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HomeMy WebLinkAbout0997ORDINANCE NO. .----g AN ORDINANCE Prohibiting the operation of motor vehicle by . a person without an operator's license; by a person who is intoxi- cated, tr in a reckless manner; Providing certain traffic rules; Providing for the revocation of licensee under certain conditions and Declaring an emergency. THE CITY OOMLISSION OF THE CITY OF PORT ANGELES DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor vehiicle on the public streets of the City of Port Angeles without having secured a valid and subsisting license so to do issued by the State of Washington; Provided, however, that where exceptions are permitted by the State law, such exceptions shall 4 be recognized by this ordinance when affirmatively established. m Section 2. It shall be unlawful for any person to operate a motor'"vehiale on the-public streets of the City of- Port - Angeles while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any narcotic drug. x,. a Section 3. It shall be unlawful for any person to drive a moor J vehicle in a reckless manner over and along the public streets of the City of Port Angeles. For the purpose of this section, to drive in a reckless manner shall be construed to mean the operation of a motor vehicle upon the public streets of the City of Port Angeles in such a manner as to endanger or inconvenience unnecessarily other users of said street. Section 4. All persons operating or in charge of a motor vehicle upon the public streets, upon a request by a city policeman, highway patrolman or other peace officer, shall give his name and address and the name and address of the owner of such motor vehicle. All persons operating motor vehicles upon the streets of the City of Port Angeles shall stop when signalled go to do by any peace officer in uniform or displaying the badge or insignia of office, and shall produce his license to operate such vehicle on demand. Section 5. A. All persons operating motor vehicles shall obey all signals and instructions of any officer directing traffic. B. All persons operating motor vehicles, upon entering an arterial main travelled street and all state highways from any public or private highway, road, street or driveway, shall yield the right of way to vehicles on such arterial highway and shall come to a full stop thereat when and where signs or other marks direct or indicate. C. All operators of motor vehicles shall observe all traffic laws and requirements, all posted signs and warnings, and exercise due care and caution in passing a school house on school days be- tween eight o'clock, a.m., and five o'clock, p.m.; failure so to do shall be prima facie evidence of reckless driving. Section 6. All persons who, in operating motor vehicles upon the public streets of the City of Port Angeles, shall collide or come in contact with any pedestrian, vehicle or other object, shall stop and render such aid or assistance as may be required. In case of injury to any person or damage to property, the driver of the vehicle involved or any occupant thereof shall, if requested, fur- nish to the driver of the other vehicle or owner of property or to the City police or peace officers, the certificate of registration and license number of the motor vehicle, his name and address, and the name and address of the owner of the vehicle, the operator's license number, and the names and address of the occupants of the vehicle. It shall be the duty of drivers of motor vehicles to render all/ possible assistance to any person injured. It shall be the duty of the persona operating or in charge of any motor vehicle involved in any collission or accident within the City to make a report to the Police Department of the City of Port Angeles as soon as possible after the collision or accident and to fill out and sign forms provided by the Police Department describing the details of said collision or accident. None of the information requirad to be given shall be con- strued as in any manner Fixing the liability or fault of either party and shall be considered means of identification and of aid in establishing the facts only. Section 7. Police courts having jurisdiction of any of the offenses which are in violation of this ordinance or which are in violation of any ordinance of the City of Port Angeles regulat- ing the operation of motor vehicles over public streets, shall for- ward to the Department of Licenses of the State of Washington a certified copy of the judgment rendered and sentence imposed for violation of any of the said laws or ordinances. Section 8. Police courts having jurisdiction of persons under this ordinance may syspend or revoke the operator's license of a person convicted of any violation of thereof, and such sus- pension or revocation of license shall be reported to the Depart- ment of Licenses of the State of Washington. Section 9. Police courts shall revoke the license of any person convicted under the provisions of this ordinance of the following offenses: A. Of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of an intoxicating liquor, narcotic or drug. B. Conviction or forfeiture of bail on three charges of reckless driving within a year. Section O. Penalties.„_ Any violation of the provisions of this ordinance or any fail- ure to comply with the rules or requirements herein contained shall be deemed a misdemeanor and shall be punished as follows: A. Any person convicted under the provisions of this ordinance of the offense of driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of thtoxicating liquor or of any narcotic drug, as defined in Section S hereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than Fifty Dollars -3- nor more than One hundred Dollars or by imprisonment in the City jail for a period of not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. B. Any person convicted of any other offense set forth in this ordinance shall be punished by a fine of not to exceed One hundred Dollars or by imprisonment in the City jail for a period of not to exceed thirty days, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 2. That in addition to the penalties above set forth, the operator's license of any person convicted of driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of any narcotic drug shall be revoked, and the operator's license of any person convicted of reckless driving three times within a year shall be punished by the revocation of his driver's license, as provided by State law and this ordinance. Section 11. Definitions and Pleading. A. Streets, within the meaning of this ordinance, shall in- clude all alleys, drives, boulevards or parkways open to or com- monly used by the public. B. No exceptions provided by State law need be especially pleaded in the negative but in all complaints and charges made under this ordinance, pleading in the language of the ordinance shall be sufficient and any exceptions shall be deemed matters of defense. Section 12. In all cases tried before the police court where the charge is operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or of drugs and it appears to the judge that the evidence is insufficient to establish a conviction for such offense but is sufficient to establish a conviction for reckless driging, in such cases the judge may, in his discretion, find the defendant guilty of reckless driving. Section 13. Repeal. Sections 53 and 76/ of Ordinance No. 665 be and the said sec- tions are hereby repealed. Section 14. Except as stated in Section 13 hereof, this ordi- nance is intended and shall be c onstrued as an aid to and extension a11 other ordinances and traffic regulations in force or effec- tive in the City of Port Angeles and shall be an exercise of the police power of the City of Port Angeles for the protection of its inhabitants and shall be soli construed. ,t Section This ordinance is declared to be urgent and necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health -and safety of the inhabitants and citizens of the said "4"41".1-*--Olty of Port Angeles and shall take effect and be in force im- mediately from and after its passage, approval and lawful pub - lication. Passed first reading by the Okty Commission this 38th day of February, 1934. Passed second reading,by the City Commission this 7th day of March, 1934. Passed third reading and fine &ly passed and adopted by the City Commission this 7th day of March, 1934. Approved and signed by the Mayor this?t. d -y of March, 1934. Attest: CiEy 6lerk. Approved as to form: City Attorney. Published: .r . Mayor. 9 r `r r ,,__\1--).) c%i - v. i \% --) ) 'S - F•-R. 4 44 To the Hon. Mayor and City Commission City of Port Angeles, Washington. /Gentlemen: Comes now petitioner, School District No. 7 of Clallam County, and respectfully petitions the City Commission to vacate the follow- ing described portion of an alley in the City of Port Angeles, t@ wit: That portion of the alley between-First-and-Second-Streets--- _. running through Block Twenty -eight (28),of Norman R. Smith's Subdivision to the Townsite of Port Angeles, abutting upon Lots One (1) to Six. (6), inclusive, and Thirteen (13) to Eighteen (18), inclusive, in said Block Twenty -eight (28). That the names of the owners of a11-of the lots and blocks abutting upon the portion of the alley so petitioner for vacation are as follows: School District-No. 7 of Clallam County, Washington, owner of all of the said lots so abutting. WHEREFORE, Your petitioner prays that proper action in accord- ante with law be taken by the said City Commission to vacate the said ti . alley and that on the final hearing the alley be vacated and set over to the abutting property. Dated this day of January, 1934. Attest: SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. Cla11a Co ty STATE OF WASHINGTON ) COUNTY OF CLALLAM ) SS EDD. B. TAYLOR, being duly sworn, states that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting president of the School Board of School District Nol 7 of Clallam County; That he has read the foregoing petition, knows the contents thereof, and that the same is true to the beet of his knowledge and belief, and that he was authorized by the Board to make and execute said pet' on/, f- 1sibed and sworn to before me this 1'` day f January, 1934. 1' "1 Notary Public in and for the State of Washington, residing at Port Angeles.